Academic libraries and research data management: a systematic review

Boté-Vericad, Juan-José and Healy, Sharon Academic libraries and research data management: a systematic review. Vjesnik bibliotekara Hrvatske, 2022, vol. 65, n. 3, pp. 171-193. [Journal article (Paginated)]

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Purpose. Open Science entails research reproducibility, with an emphasis on data sharing and reuse. Hence, research data management (RDM) is an essential asset in research institutions for supporting open science. This study offers a systematic review of the landscape of research data management in academic libraries. It further examines the influence academic libraries can have if they are involved in the research lifecycle process, and how this benefits research institutions that have started implementing research data management, especially in the data-intensive disciplines. Methodology. In this study, the authors analysed Web of Science and Scopus databases, searching for papers connecting research data management and academic libraries. The authors found a total of N=387 articles. After removing duplicates and applying the exclusion and inclusion criteria process, the authors finally analysed N=32 articles, n=20 case studies, and n=12 research papers at both national and international levels. Limitations. This study has some limitations. Although the authors retrieved as many papers as possible for the analysis, it should not be considered as an exhaustive analysis, as varying studies may also be missing from the sample. The authors observed that there are more case studies focused on one institution rather than research papers involving different institutions at the international or national level. Therefore, more research studies would enrich the literature and show best practices in RDM. Results. The results show that research data management has some services implemented in different countries at the local or the international level. The authors argue that research data management generates new opportunities for academic libraries and librarians to acquire new skills as a part of the research data lifecycle. Originality/value. This study reports the current state of research data management at the international level in academic libraries and the influence libraries can have if they are involved in the research lifecycle process.

Croatian abstract

Cilj. Otvorena znanost bavi se ponovljivošću istraživanja, s naglaskom na dijelje-nje i ponovnu upotrebu podataka. Stoga je upravljanje istraživačkim podacima ključno sredstvo u istraživačkim institucijama koje podržavaju otvorenu znanost. Ova studija nastoji pregledno izložiti kako se upravlja istraživačkim podacima u visokoškolskim knjižnicama. Nadalje ispituje utjecaj koji akademske knjižnice mogu imati ako su uklju-čene u proces životnog ciklusa istraživanja i kako to koristi onim istraživačkim insti-tucijama koje su počele implementirati upravljanje istraživačkim podacima, posebno u onim disciplinama koje se na njih značajno oslanjaju. Metodologija. U ovom radu autori su analizirali baze podataka Web of Science i Scopus, tražeći radove koji povezuju upravljanje istraživačkim podacima (RDM) i aka-demske knjižnice. Autori su pronašli ukupno 387 članaka. Nakon uklanjanja duplikata i primjene postupka isključenja i uključivanja odabranih kriterija, autori su konačno analizirali 32 članka, 20 studija slučaja i 12 istraživačkih radova na nacionalnoj i me-đunarodnoj razini. Ograničenja. Ova studija ima određenih ograničenja. Iako su autori dohvatili što je moguće više radova za analizu, ne treba je smatrati iscrpnom analizom jer različite studije mogu nedostajati u analizi. Autori su uočili da postoji više studija slučaja usmje-renih na jednu instituciju nego istraživačkih radova koji uključuju različite institucije na međunarodnoj ili nacionalnoj razini. Stoga bi više istraživačkih studija obogatilo literaturu i pokazalo najbolje prakse u RDM-u. Rezultati. Rezultati pokazuju da upravljanje pojedinim istraživačkim podacima do-vodi do određenih usluga implementiranih u različitim zemljama na lokalnoj ili među-narodnoj razini. Autori tvrde da upravljanje istraživačkim podacima stvara nove prilike za akademske knjižnice i knjižničare za stjecanje novih vještina kao dio životnog ciklu-sa istraživačkih podataka. Izvornost/vrijednost. Ova studija izvještava o trenutnom stanju upravljanja istra-živačkim podacima na međunarodnoj razini u akademskim knjižnicama i utjecaju koji knjižnice mogu imati ako su uključene u proces životnog ciklusa istraživanja. Ključne riječi: knjižničarske kompetencije; otvorena znanost; sistemski pregled; sveučilišne knjižnice; upravljanje istraživačkim podacima

Item type: Journal article (Paginated)
Keywords: academic libraries, data sharing, data reuse, librarian skills, linked data open access, open data, open science, research data management, systematic review
Subjects: B. Information use and sociology of information
D. Libraries as physical collections. > DD. Academic libraries.
G. Industry, profession and education. > GI. Training.
I. Information treatment for information services
Depositing user: Juan-José Boté-Vericad
Date deposited: 07 Jan 2023 10:07
Last modified: 07 Jan 2023 10:07
URI: http://hdl.handle.net/10760/43860

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